Coseismic surface rupture structures associated with 2010 ms 7.1 Yushu earthquake, China

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-118

  Guo, Jianming ^a   Zheng, Jianjing ^a   Guan, Baobao ^a   Fu, Bihong ^a   Shi, Pilong ^a   Du, Jianguo ^b   Xie, Chao ^b   Liu, Lei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; YUSHU EARTHQUAKE 2010;

CHINA; QINGHAI; YUSHU;

EID: 84862922213     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.83.1.109     Document Type: Article

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